
Mr. Ciddi is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Given the two nations’ uniquely poor records on counterterrorism and regional aggression, the Ankara-Islamabad ties warrant concern.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s priority is not the welfare of Palestinian civilians, but the future of Hamas.

Turkish entities with ties to the Erdogan government have increasingly become enablers of CAIR Action’s emerging political influence machine inside the United States.


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